Gideon Glick (born June 6, 1988) is a Tony nominated American actor and writer. He wrote and starred on the Amazon series Étoile.
Other selected screen work includes Maestro, The Other Two, and American Horror Story: NYC.
He was nominated for the 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
Early life Glick was born into a Jewish family in Philadelphia, and raised by professors who met initially at Hebrew University in Israel. His father is dentist and researcher Michael Glick. Gideon has been deaf in his right ear since birth. During his senior year of high school, he moved to New York City to originate the role of Ernst in the hit musical Spring Awakening. He attended Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, Lower Merion High School and was a student at New York University before leaving to be in Spring Awakening. He later returned to complete a degree in art history.
Career Glick's first major role was playing Ernst, an adolescent boy in love with his classmate, Hanschen, in the original cast of the hit musical Spring Awakening. The play premiered at the Atlantic Theatre Company Off-Broadway, but later transferred along with co-stars Jonathan Groff, John Gallagher Jr. and Lea Michele, to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway. The same year, Glick made his silver screen debut as Slap in the film One Last Thing... alongside Cynthia Nixon and Ethan Hawke.
His next major theater role was as Howie in Speech & Debate (Roundabout Underground), a play by Stephen Karam. The play began in October 2007 and ran until early 2008.
Glick returned to Broadway in the role of Jimmy-6, a member of the four-person Geek Chorus in Julie Taymor's Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. However, Glick and the rest of the Geek Chorus were cut after Taymor was forced out as director."Chase Brock Swings Into Spider-Man as New Choreographer; Geek Chorus Let Go" Broadway.com, March 24, 2011; retrieved April 10, 2011. After co-starring in MCC's production of Wild Animals You Should Know, Glick went on to portray Jack in The Public Theater's production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods alongside Amy Adams and Denis O'Hare.
In 2014, Glick was profiled in The New York Times for his lauded performance as Matthew in The Few by Samuel D. Hunter. He then was cast in his first recurring role as Ty McKay, the second season villain, on Devious Maids on Lifetime.
His first starring role was in Significant Other as Jordan Berman, alongside Barbara Barrie. The play was written by Joshua Harmon and premiered at Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theater in 2015. The highly acclaimed, sold-out production transferred to Broadway's Booth Theater in 2016. He received a Drama League Award nomination for this performance. He next played Kyle McCallister in the Warner Bros. feature film, Ocean's 8, which was followed by a recurring role on The Detour on TBS.
He starred in Aaron Sorkin's 2018 stage adaptation of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, alongside Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch, produced by Scott Rudin. Glick played Dill Harris, the visiting friend of Scout and Jem Finch. The role is modeled on Harper Lee's childhood best friend, Truman Capote. In January 2020, Glick assumed the role of Seymour in the off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors; he had previously portrayed the role in a temporary capacity for two weeks in November 2019.
Personal life Glick is gay and came out early in 7th grade. He married hospitalist Perry Dubin in November 2019.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2005One Last Thing...Slap2013Gods Behaving BadlyEros2014Song OneEverett2017Speech & DebateGideon2018Ocean's 8Kyle McCallister2019Marriage StoryTheater Actor2022Spring Awakening: Those You've KnownHimselfDocumentary2022White NoiseSimuvac Technician2022The Pale Blue EyeCadet Horatio Cochrane2023MaestroTommy Cothran
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2013WallflowersTodd4 episodes2014Devious MaidsTy McKaySeason regular; 9 episodes2013–14It Could Be WorsePhillip KleinSeries regular; 17 episodes2015Man Seeking WomanScientistEpisode: "Traib"2016The Good WifeBlake ReedyEpisode: "Monday"2016Margot vs. LilyGlennSeries regular; 5 episodes2016ElementaryDennis KarigEpisode: "Render, and Then Seize Her"2018The DetourStraight Jack3 episodes2021The Other TwoJess4 episodes2022–23The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselAlfieRecurring role (Season 4–5); 8 episodes2022American Horror Story: NYCCameron DietrichRecurring role; 6 episodes2025ÉtoileTobias BellSeries regular
Stage appearances YearTitleRoleTheaterNotes2006–07Spring AwakeningErnstAtlantic Theater Company:May 19 – August 5, 2006Off-BroadwayEugene O'Neill Theater:November 16, 2006 –August 25, 2007Broadway2007–08Speech & DebateHowieRoundabout Theater Company:October 5 – February 24, 2008Off-Broadway2009Population: 8SoHo Playhouse (FringeNYC):August 18–30, 2009Off-Broadway2010–11Spider-Man: Turn Off the DarkJimmy-6Lyric Theatre:November 28, 2010 – April 18, 2011Broadway2011Wild Animals You Should KnowJacobMCC Theater:November 4 – December 11, 2011Off-Broadway2012Into the WoodsJackDelacorte Theater (Shakespeare in the Park):July 23 – September 1, 2012Off-Broadway2013–14The FewMatthewThe Old Globe Theatre:September 28 – October 27, 2013RegionalRattlestick Playwrights Theater:April 23 – June 21, 2014Off-Broadway2015Significant OtherJordan BermanRoundabout Theater Company:May 21 – August 16, 2015Off-Broadway2017Booth Theatre:February 14 – April 23, 2017Broadway2016The HarvestTomLincoln Center Theatre:October 8 – November 20, 2016Off-Broadway2018–19To Kill a MockingbirdCharles Baker "Dill" HarrisShubert Theatre:November 1, 2018 – November 3, 2019BroadwayTony Award Nomination2019–20Little Shop of HorrorsSeymour KrelbornWestside Theatre:November 5–17, 2019 (temporary replacement)January 21, 2020 – March 12, 2020 (full-time)Off-Broadway2021Spring AwakeningErnstImperial Theatre:November 15, 2021Broadway Concert Staged readings and concerts
2009: How Can You Run with a Shell on Your Back? (An Aesop's Fables Musical) – New Worlds Stages (21st Annual Festival of New Musicals) 2010: Sons of the Prophet – Susan Stein Shiva Theater (Powerhouse Theater) 2018: The Destiny of Me (Alexander) – Lucille Lortel Theatre
Other media YearTitleRoleMediumNote2016The MessageModPodcastSeries regular2017Modern LoveJust Don't Call Me MomPodcastEpisode 662019–20The Two PrincesPercy JuniorPodcastRecurring role
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef 2017Drama League Award Distinguished PerformanceSignificant Other Broadway.com Audience AwardsFavorite Leading Actor in a play 2019Tony AwardsBest Featured Actor in a PlayTo Kill a Mockingbird McPhee, Ryan. "2019 Tony Award Nominations: Hadestown and Ain't Too Proud Lead the Pack" Playbill, April 30, 2019Broadway.com Audience Awards Favorite Featured Actor in a Play
References
External links
Gideon Glick at the Internet Off-Broadway Database Gideon Glick at About the Artists